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(deleted) Thu 12-Apr-18 16:29:25

Openreach DSL Checker only shows 52mb speeds available

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Hi,
I am expecting fibre to be available at my premesis in the next few months. After looking on the DSL checker, it only states that the 52 mb speed package will be available. Is this because the line is too long to support a 70mb connection? I am around 400m from the cabinet, and the cabinet is about 700m from the exchange.

Andrue
(eat-sleep-adslguide) Thu 12-Apr-18 16:51:12

Re: Openreach DSL Checker only shows 52mb speeds available

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Edit: The normal DSL checker doesn't mention products. It just gives maximum connection speeds. What DSL checker are you using?

Assuming that it's the normal checker and that 52Mb/s is what it's giving for 'Downstream Line Rate' then:

In reply to a post by ethanmclean:
Hi,
I am expecting fibre to be available at my premesis in the next few months. After looking on the DSL checker, it only states that the 52 mb speed package will be available. Is this because the line is too long to support a 70mb connection?

Possibly. It could also be poor quality cabling (eg; aluminium instead of the more common copper).

Whatever the reason that's most likely the speed you're going to get. It may only be an estimate but they aren't often that far off.

I am around 400m from the cabinet

If your cable covers that distance in a straight line (they usually follow pavements and roads) then I'd say the estimate is on the low side but if the cable meanders a bit then 52Mb/s could be reasonable.

On the basis of that result I'd probably only go for a 55/10 package myself although it's possible that a 76/20 package might get you a faster upload speed.

and the cabinet is about 700m from the exchange.

That has no bearing on connection speed.

---
Andrue Cope
Brackley, UK

Edited by Andrue (Thu 12-Apr-18 16:54:27)

francisuk25
(regular) Thu 12-Apr-18 22:21:37

Re: Openreach DSL Checker only shows 52mb speeds available

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When i had sky fibre the bt wholesale availability checker gived me a result of 53 downstream line and 14 upstream line however once installed it synced about 65 downstream and 17 upstream but from what i remember i had the 40/10 then upgraded to 76/20 so the checker isnt 100% true.

Edit
Now looking at the bt wholesale availability checker i can see is been updated from when i had sky fibre back in 2014

Address HA8 on Exchange MILL HILL is served by Cabinet 27

WBC SOGEA Availability Date
High Low High Low
VDSL Range A (Clean) 74.8 52.2 20 14.8 44 Available --
VDSL Range B (Impacted) 60.4 35.5 18.2 10 30 Available --

Virgin Media 200Mb/12Mb Broadband Only
Previously FTTC with Sky Fire synced @ 64/17
Mill Hill (LWMIL) Exchange

Edited by francisuk25 (Thu 12-Apr-18 22:28:52)

candlerb
(learned) Fri 13-Apr-18 09:47:40

Re: Openreach DSL Checker only shows 52mb speeds available

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There's a chart which gives approximate FTTC download speed versus line length from cabinet here: https://www.increasebroadbandspeed.co.uk/2013/chart-...

I haven't found a corresponding chart for upload speed, but it seems that upload speed drops more dramatically; for example I have 34-35M download sync speed but only 5-5.5M upload sync speed (as reported by the modem; it varies every few days due to DLM)

Presumably the configuration favours headline download speed over upload. (Personally I would trade 5M of download for a corresponding increase in upload!)

MrSaffron
(staff) Fri 13-Apr-18 09:58:55

Re: Openreach DSL Checker only shows 52mb speeds available

[re: candlerb] [link to this post]

https://www.thinkbroadband.com/guides/fibre-fttc-ftt...

The chart is an average.

The banding used on FTTC means that you need to look at the spectrum to fully understand while some see much lower upload, i.e. one whole upload band may be missing due to attenuation or noise issues.

Andrew Ferguson, [email protected]
www.thinkbroadband.com
See if your ADSL stats are any good | UK broadband availability checker | Speed test for PC, tablets and mobiles

The author of the above post is a thinkbroadband staff member. It may not constitute an official statement on behalf of thinkbroadband.

candlerb
(regular) Fri 13-Apr-18 19:09:34

Re: Openreach DSL Checker only shows 52mb speeds available

[re: MrSaffron] [link to this post]

The adslchecker gives me an expected downstream range of 37.9-25.9, and upstream 7.2-5 (on a clean line). So I'm close to the bottom of the expected upstream range.

The modem is a Vigor 130. I'm on a Huawei cabinet. The spectral bins for upstream are shown below - is there anything useful you can glean from this?

Text

> vdsl status
  ---------------------- ATU-R Info (hw: annex A, f/w: annex A/B/C) -----------   Running Mode            :      17A       State                : SHOWTIME
   DS Actual Rate          : 33897000 bps   US Actual Rate       :  5260000 bps   DS Attainable Rate      : 33050456 bps   US Attainable Rate   :  5207000 bps
   DS Path Mode            :        Fast    US Path Mode         :        Fast   DS Interleave Depth     :        1       US Interleave Depth  :        1
   NE Current Attenuation  :       27 dB    Cur SNR Margin       :        3  dB   DS actual PSD           :     7. 1 dB    US actual PSD        :    12. 7  dB
   NE CRC Count            :      892       FE CRC Count         :   172866   NE ES Count             :      266       FE  ES Count         :   159089
   Xdsl Reset Times        :        0       Xdsl Link  Times     :       90   ITU Version[0]          : b5004946       ITU Version[1]       : 544e0000
   VDSL Firmware Version   : 05-07-06-0D-01-07   [with Vectoring support]   Power Management Mode   : DSL_G997_PMS_L0
   Test Mode               : DISABLE  -------------------------------- ATU-C Info ---------------------------------
   Far Current Attenuation :       32 dB    Far SNR Margin       :        5  dB   CO ITU Version[0]       : b5004244       CO ITU Version[1]    : 434da48c
   DSLAM CHIPSET VENDOR    : < BDCM >> vdsl status more
  ---------------------- ATU-R Info (hw: annex A, f/w: annex A/B/C) -----------                  Near End        Far End    Note
 Trellis      :      1               1 Bitswap      :      1               1
 ReTxEnable   :      1               1 VirtualNoise :      0               0
 20BitSupport :      0               0 LatencyPath  :      0               0
 LOS          :     10               4 LOF          :      4               0
 LPR          :      0              10 LOM          :      0               0
 SosSuccess   :      0               0 NCD          :      0               0
 LCD          :      0               0 FECS         :      0            441904 (seconds)
 ES           :    266            159089 (seconds) SES          :    127              19 (seconds)
 LOSS         :      0               0 (seconds) UAS          :     27            410005 (seconds)
 HECError     :      0               0 CRC          :    892            172866
 RsCorrection :      0               0 INP          :    230             235 (symbols)
 InterleaveDelay :      0              41 (1/100 ms) NFEC         :     32              32
 RFEC         :     16              16 LSYMB        :     16              16
 INTLVBLOCK   :     32              32 AELEM        :      0            ----
> vdsl showbins ?% adsl showbins [startbin endbin | up]
%   To show each Bin(Tone) SNR, Gain, and Bits allocated.%   startbin: between 0 to 4092.
%   endbin  : between 4 to 4095.%   up: show upstream info. default is downstream.
> vdsl showbins upUPSTREAM :
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------Bin  SNR  Gain Bi - Bin  SNR  Gain Bi - Bin  SNR  Gain Bi - Bin  SNR  Gain Bi
      dB  .1dB ts         dB  .1dB ts         dB  .1dB ts         dB  .1dB ts--- ----- ---- -- - --- ----- ---- -- - --- ----- ---- -- - --- ----- ---- --
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   8    0    0 11 *    9    0    0 12 *   10    0  -19 13 *   11    0    0 14  12    0  -19 14 *   13    0  -19 14 *   14    0  -19 14 *   15    0  -19 14
  16    0  -19 14 *   17    0  -19 14 *   18    0  -19 14 *   19    0    0 14  20    0    0 14 *   21    0  -19 14 *   22    0    0 14 *   23    0    0 14
  24    0    0 14 *   25    0    0 14 *   26    0    0 14 *   27    0  -19 13  28    0  -19 13 *   29    0  -19 13 *   30    0  -19 12 *   31    0  -19 11
  32    0    0  0 *   33    0    0  0 *   34    0    0  0 *   35    0    0  0  36    0    0  0 *   37    0    0  0 *   38    0    0  0 *   39    0    0  0
<< snip lots of zeros >> 864    0    0  0 *  865    0    0  0 *  866    0    0  0 *  867    0    0  0
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1180    0  -79  2 * 1181    0 -140  1 * 1182    0 -140  1 * 1183    0  -79  01184    0  -79  0 * 1185    0  -79  0 * 1186    0  -79  0 * 1187    0  -79  0
1188    0  -79  0 * 1189    0  -79  0 * 1190    0  -79  0 * 1191    0    0  01192    0    0  0 * 1193    0    0  0 * 1194    0    0  0 * 1195    0    0  0
1196    0    0  0 * 1197    0    0  0 * 1198    0    0  0 * 1199    0    0  0<< snip lots of zeros >>
4088    0    0  0 * 4089    0    0  0 * 4090    0    0  0 * 4091    0    0  04092    0    0  0 * 4093    0    0  0 * 4094    0    0  0 * 4095    0    0  0
--- ----- ---- -- - --- ----- ---- -- - --- ----- ---- -- - --- ----- ---- --Bin  SNR  Gain Bi - Bin  SNR  Gain Bi - Bin  SNR  Gain Bi - Bin  SNR  Gain Bi
      dB  .1dB ts         dB  .1dB ts         dB  .1dB ts         dB  .1dB ts

j0hn83
(experienced) Fri 13-Apr-18 23:01:17

Re: Openreach DSL Checker only shows 52mb speeds available

[re: candlerb] [link to this post]

A chart for upload speed would not work in the U.K
Cabinets at different distances from the exchange have different power cut-back levels to prevent crosstalk impacting the existing ADSL lines.

That's partly why you see some with 51/18 and others with 51/8

If you think you have a lower upstream than others with similar downstream, being a good few km's from the exchange would be 1 of the reasons.

candlerb
(regular) Sat 14-Apr-18 07:15:10

Re: Openreach DSL Checker only shows 52mb speeds available

[re: j0hn83] [link to this post]

I'm within the predicted band, so I don't think I can really complain.

The cabinet (P7) is just across the road from the exchange (Hildenborough). I'm roughly 800m walking route from the cabinet.

Anyway, I was just trying to make the point that if your downstream speed is (say) half the maximum, your upstream speed could be significantly lower than half the maximum.

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